Hekiru Shiina is a professional seiyū

Seiyu

Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...

 and J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 singer who was born in Higashi-kurume, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. Shiina is 152 cm tall.

Shiina is contracted with Arts Vision

Arts Vision

Arts Vision Incorporated is a Japanese talent agency that employs a large number of high-profile voice actors...

, a major agency for talent in Tokyo, and was working under Sony Music Records, her record label until 2009. Now her record label is Lantis

Lantis

Lantis may refer to:* Lantis, a character in Magic Knight Rayearth* Mazda Lantis, a car made by Mazda* Lantis , a Japanese recording company...

.

Shiina is also the first official seiyuu for Rockman ("Mega Man

Mega Man

Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...

" outside Japan) (1995-1996).

Notable voice roles

• Elysse in Plastic Little
  Plastic Little
  is an anime created by Satoshi Urushihara. It was published in Japan as a one-shot OVA. The anime motion picture was first released in North America on VHS by ADV Films, in 2001 ADV announced that the anime would be released on to DVD on February 5, 2002...
  
  
• Elisis/Shiida in Eden's Bowy
  Eden's Bowy
  is manga series written and illustrated by Kitsune Tennouji. It was originally published in the magazine Comptiq, but it soon moved to Shōnen Ace after the latter publication's creation in 1994...
  
  
• Hikaru Shidou
  Hikaru Shidou
  ' is a fictional character from the anime/manga series Magic Knight Rayearth created by Clamp. She is one of the three protagonists of the series and represents the element of Fire. In the Rayearth anime, she's voiced by Hekiru Shiina in Japan and Julie Maddalena in English. In the OVA, she has the...
  
   in Magic Knight Rayearth
  Magic Knight Rayearth
  is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp, a manga artist team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi and Mokona. Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy....
  
  
• Pastel in Twinbee Paradise
• Yuka in Kemonozume
  Kemonozume
  is an anime series written and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, animated by Studio Madhouse, and broadcast on WOWOW from August 5, 2006 to November 5, 2006.-Plot:...
  
  
• Mina Toreishi in Idol Defense Force Hummingbird
  Idol Defense Force Hummingbird
  is a Japanese anime that consists of 4 OVA episodes, ran from 1993 to 1995, that told the very offbeat tale of five idol singer/fighter pilot sisters. A Hitoshi Yoshioka's light novel work.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Ruri in the first InuYasha
  InuYasha
  , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...
  
   movie
• Kotomi in DNA²
  DNA²
  is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized across Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between 1993 and 1994, spanning a total of five tankōbon volumes....
  
  
• Princess Shiina in Shinesman
• Dortin in Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
  Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
  is a series of Japanese fantasy adventure novels and manga, two anime television series , and a video game.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Alpha in Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
  Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko
  is a science fiction manga written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. The title can be translated Yokohama Shopping Log or Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip. One tankōbon volume, the publisher's former English language website, and the second original video animation series have the subtitle...
  
  
• Miles "Tails" Prower
  Miles "Tails" Prower
  , better known by his nickname , is a character, as well as the main deuteragonist in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, comics, animated series and film released by Sega....
  
   in Sonic Anime
  Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
  Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie is a two-episode OVA film series based on Sega's best-selling franchise Sonic the Hedgehog....
  
  
• Katsura Tenjōin in Yat Anshin Uchuu Ryokou
  Yat Anshin Uchuu Ryokou
  is an anime series produced by Group TAC. It aired on NHK in Japan from October 5, 1996 to September 27, 1997; a second series aired from April 11, 1998 to October 3, 1998...
  
  
• Yamawaro in Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae
• Young Maria Renard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
  Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, known in Japan as , is an action-adventure game developed and published by Konami in 1997. It is the 14th installment of the Castlevania series, the first installment released for the PlayStation, and a direct sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.Symphony of the...
  
  
• Yuyuko Saigyouji in Koumajou Densetsu II: Stranger's Requiem

External links

Official website

• J-pop.com profile